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Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn (26 December 1855 – 18 February 1933), was a German composer and music teacher.
Life
He was born in Ratibor, Province of Silesia, the son of Felix Mendelssohn's cousin Wilhelm Mendelssohn who, in 1854, had married Louise Aimee Cauer (sister to Bertha Cauer). In 1885, Arnold Ludwig himself married his second cousin, Maria Cauer, daughter of Karl Cauer (sister of Ludwig Cauer).[1]
Mendelssohn was originally a lawyer before studying music, then was director of church music and a professor in Darmstadt. Paul Hindemith was one of his students. After his death his works were banned in Nazi Germany because of his Jewish heritage. He died in Darmstadt.[2]
Works, editions and recordings
Mendelssohn composed chorale cantatas, three operas, and other works.
Operas
Elsi, die seltsame Magd (op. 8), Oper in 2 Aufzügen. Libretto: Hermann Wette; premier 16 April 1896 Stadttheater Köln
Der Bärenhäuter (op. 11), Oper in 3 Acts. Libretto: Hermann Wette; premiere 9 February 1900 Theater des Westens in Berlin[3]
Die Minneburg (1904–07), Oper in einem Akt. Libretto: G. von Koch; premiere 1909 in Mannheim
Solo piano music
Moderne Suite for Piano Op. 79 (1918)
Sonata for Piano in e minor Op. 66 (1917)
Chamber music
String Quartet No.2 in D major Op. 67 (1915)
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in f-sharp minor Op. 70 (1917)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in C Major Op. 71 (1917)
Trio for 2 Violins & Piano in a minor Op. 76 (1918)
Wind band
Suite for Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion Op. 62 (1916)
Selected recordings
Deutsche Messe op. 89 SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius. Hanssler.
Geistliche Chormusik op. 90, Berliner Vokalensemble, Bernd Stegmann. Cantate.
References
^Françoise Tillard Fanny Mendelssohn 1996 "The composer Arnold Mendelssohn (1855-1933), nephew of the doctor and son of his brother Wilhelm (1855-1933), once observed: "The Mendelssohn family's attitude to Uncle Arnold and Aunt Dorothea is typically Jewish: nobody must think of them."
^Karl F. Otto A Companion to the Works of Grimmelshausen 2003 - Page 244 1571131841 "In 1897, the opera Der Bärenhäuter appeared, with a libretto by Hermann Wette and music by Arnold Mendelssohn, a composer from Frankfurt"
